Improvement in wagon-standards



1. H. KNssLEY 1. c. HHGUSUN'.'

Wagan Standards.

N0. 138,807. PatentedP/lay13.l8.73.

alNrTEn STATES PATENT GEEIcE.

JAMES H. KNISLEY AND JOSEPH O. FERGUSON, OF RAINSBOBOUGH, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN WAGiN-STANDARDS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 138.807, dated May 13,1873; application led March 27, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES H. KNISLEY and JOSEPH O. FERGUSON, ofItainsborough, Highland county, Ohio, have invented an ImprovedW'agon-Standard, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing the standard erect, and Fig. 2is an elevation showing the standard turned down.

This invention has for its object to provide a device by which thestandards that are attached to the bolsters of draft-wagons can bereadily turned out of the Way when it is desired eitheir to remove aload .or wagon-body or to put on a load or wagon-body, and as readilyturned into an upright position again when required. To this end theinvention consists in the part-s and combinations of parts, which wewill now proceed to describe.

In the accompanying drawing, A represents an ordinary woodenwagon-bolster. B is a iiat iron plate placed on the upper side of thebolster, said platehaving hinges C O extending from one edge down theadjacent side of the bolster, and jointed to apivot, D, secured to thelower corner ot' the bolster by means of arms E, having boxes in theirouter ends, in which the pivot is supported, and extending transverselybeneath the bottom of the bolster and bolted thereto. along the upperside of the plate B at one edge thereof, and is fastened thereto. Thehinge C is bolted to the plate B at fr, and passes thence in an inclineddirection to a point on the side ot the standard, F, at which point thehinge is bolted to the standard. rlhe standard is fastened to the plateBin any suitable manner, as by an iron strap, G, secured to the bottomof the plate B by the bolt that helps to fasten the standard to saidplate, said strap being bent around the ad- The hinge O runs jacent edgeof the plate B, and passing up the side of the standard, over its top,down its other side to a point, y, and thence curved outward and joiningthe plate B at b, where it is bolted, forming a brace for the standard.H is a third brace, on the side ofthe standard opposite C. I is a hasppivoted to the side of the bolster, and extending thence up over theplate B, to which it is fastened by a removable pin, J, passing throughahole in the plate B, and thence into an orifice in the bolster.

From this it will be perceived that when it Y is desired to put thestandards in such a position that they Will not be in the way of placinga load or a wagon-body upon or removing it from the bolsters, what isnecessary to do is to take out the pin J and turn the plate B andstandard F down to one side, as shown. This operation having beencompleted, the standard should be turned up again and refastened bymeans of the pin J.

Where the standards are rigidly secured to the bolsters, as they usuallyare, they either must remain so in loading and unloading, to the greatinconvenience of the workman, or they must be removed from the holstersand replaced in them by knockingr out and driving in again the keys orother fastenings which hold them in place, an operation of much greaterinconvenience than the turning down and turning up of our jointedstandards.

We claim as our invention- The combination of the bolster A, hingedplate B, standard F, and hasp I, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

JAMES H. KNISLEY. JOSEPH C. FERGUSON. Witnesses:

GEORGE STEVENS, J. C. NORTON.

